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Friday
July 4, 2008

4:06 PM

Anders J. Svensson
Keypadchairs

Calculated comforts

You + 16 Friends + These = Comfy

These numerical keypad chairs might not be very practical in their intended configuration. Maybe in your home theater room during viewings parties of The Office, or in the waiting room at an accountant’s office. You'll find them, along with plenty of other curiosities, on permanent display at PantoGraph.

Via Gizmodo

Thursday
July 3, 2008

2:58 PM

Anders J. Svensson
Batmandarkknight

It’s all part of the plan

Movie posters can be hit or miss, but the Batman franchise has a long (slightly tarnished) history of greatness. Two weeks before the latest film entry, there’s another poster for the (art) history books.

Google searches have yet to surrender the name of the poster artist … maybe you know the artist? Maybe you are the artist?

Wednesday
July 2, 2008

2:17 PM

Anders J. Svensson
Cerealkillers

The big book of cereal killers

The Cereal Killers blog is a precursor to a book of the same name, and both are chock full of chilling, morbid, and absurd parodies of classic cereal boxes. It’s a proven formula: take a catchy name, add some exclamations, hype the prize inside, and a hang it all on the allure of a grinning mascot.

If a cartoon bee/frog/bear/lumberjack is excited, it must be delicious. Or in this case, just super entertaining.

Wednesday
July 2, 2008

11:15 AM

Anders J. Svensson
Palsmode

Luis E. Saldana … and Pals!

The latest winner of World of Creative Possibilities 2 is Luis E. Saldana, whose entry Fact or Fiction won top marks in June. For questioning everything from the Garden of Eden to the moon landing, to that time a rapper fought a giant robot... Luis will receive a $100 gift certificate for Veer merch.

New for July... now you can build worlds in fantastic Pals Mode! You've already met Kernie, and now you can outfit your world with the entire cast of this year's summer activity book.

The next winner will be announced at the end of July, so get building and remember to vote often!

Wednesday
July 2, 2008

10:15 AM

Jon Parker
Huv_birdcrop

Lightboxing … the winnah!

After an early lead in the voting, it came right down to the wire for the latest Lightboxing battle.

Although both fighters averaged a healthy 4 out of 5 score, Tom Huveners of Belgium tipped the balance over Katie Canada of Missouri by just a couple of votes.

Congratulations Tom! You’ll receive a $250 Veer gift certificate to spend on Veer Merch or whatever you like.

Stay tuned for the next Lightboxing event, and thanks to everyone who voted.

Tuesday
July 1, 2008

5:01 PM

Jon Parker
Bunnyhug

Bunnyhugs for Canada Day

Image credit: Canadian girl

In honor of those celebrating Canada Day, we present some images keyworded in Canadian. Pretty great, eh? Please enjoy Veer’s fine selection of:

This image of a guy wearing a bunnyhug and a toque in a parkade, would be very Canadian if he wasn’t doing such an un-Canadian thing: breaking the law.

Happy Canada Day.

Friday
June 27, 2008

2:40 PM

Anders J. Svensson
Kerntheplanet

Kern the Planet: Photography Contest

The 2008 summer activity books have been stamped and stacked and are ready to mail. While you wait for yours … meet Kernie.

In the past, we’ve asked you to snap photos of the far-flung places you toted your activity books, and the response has always been epic. You took them places even the loneliest of guide books dares not go.

This year, we’re giving you Kernie — a trusty sidekick to take on your adventures — and the Kern the Planet photography contest. Take photos of Kernie and you could end the summer right, with two armfuls of sweet, sweet merch.

Thursday
June 26, 2008

2:01 PM

Anders J. Svensson
Taipeiball

Taipei personality

The internet is a beautiful and cluttered sea that renews itself with each wave of commentary and exposition. Amongst the rubble and rabble, the jostling and jockeying for attention, there are curious, eloquent, and inspiring gems to find and to covet. This post is not one of them.

But, if you click through to BLDG BLOG, you may find yourself swept up in Geoff Manaugh’s post about the Taipei 101 building’s inner workings. What starts as hard science quickly swirls off into an imaginative, near-poetic indulgence.

“ … there’s something about discovering a gigantic pendulum inside a skyscraper that makes my imagination reel. It’s as if the whole structure is a grandfather clock, or some kind of avant-garde metronome for a musical form that hasn’t been invented yet … ”

Thursday
June 26, 2008

8:34 AM

Jon Parker
Winetags

Letterpress gift tags for wine

Nice letterpress wine labels using Alejandro Paul’s Miss Le Gatees typeface, with refreshingly honest copywriting. Via Swiss Miss

Wednesday
June 25, 2008

2:09 PM

Arion Predika
Hbo

Cannes winners

The Cannes International Advertising Festival wound up last Saturday. Check out the winners here. And what's an ad festival without controversy or monkeys?